English Bazar is assembly constituency number 51 in West Bengal, in Maldah district, and one of the segments of the Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Amlan Bhaduri (buro) of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 65.7% of the vote, 93,784 votes ahead of Asis Kundu (pata) (AITC).
- 01Amlan Bhaduri (buro)BJP1,54,09665.70%
- 02Asis Kundu (pata)TMC60,31225.71%
- 03Ambar MitraCPI(M)7,1223.04%
- 04Alam MasudINC6,9292.95%
- 05Safiul HoqueIndependent1,4020.60%
- 7 other candidates · 2,972 votesNOTA · 1,727 (0.74%)
Margin 93,784 votes · 39.98% of valid votes
All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,34,560 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amlan Bhaduri (buro)Male · 51 yrs | BJP | 1,54,096 | 65.70% |
| 2 | Asis Kundu (pata)Male · 56 yrs | TMC | 60,312 | 25.71% |
| 3 | Ambar MitraMale · 67 yrs | CPI(M) | 7,122 | 3.04% |
| 4 | Alam MasudMale · 47 yrs | INC | 6,929 | 2.95% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,727 | 0.74% |
| 5 | Safiul HoqueMale · 48 yrs | Independent | 1,402 | 0.60% |
| 6 | Nitish Kumar MandalMale · 61 yrs · SC | BSP | 749 | 0.32% |
| 7 | Firoj RahamanMale · 45 yrs | Independent | 727 | 0.31% |
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| 8 | Sanat DuttaMale · 72 yrs | Independent | 495 | 0.21% |
| 9 | Naresh PalMale · 48 yrs | Independent | 312 | 0.13% |
| 10 | Md Unush AliMale · 73 yrs | AJUP | 262 | 0.11% |
| 11 | Gautam SarkarMale · 50 yrs · SC | SUCI | 218 | 0.09% |
| 12 | Asamay MandalMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 209 | 0.09% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2021.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
English Bazar result 2021
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury(nirbhoy Didi) | BJP | 1,07,755 | 49.96% |
| 2 | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | TMC | 87,656 | 40.64% |
| 3 | Koushik Misra(saheb) | CPI(M) | 10,953 | 5.08% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,196 | 1.48% |
| 4 | Md. Anisur Rahaman | Independent | 1,787 | 0.83% |
| 5 | Naresh Pal | Independent | 1,129 | 0.52% |
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| 6 | Satish Rajbanshi | Independent | 1,057 | 0.49% |
| 7 | Suresh Chandra Sarkar | BSP | 1,039 | 0.48% |
| 8 | Aditya Prakash Dasgupta | Independent | 360 | 0.17% |
| 9 | Uma Das (paul) | JD(U) | 275 | 0.13% |
| 10 | Gautam Sarkar | SUCI | 267 | 0.12% |
| 11 | Firoz Akhtar | BMUP | 201 | 0.09% |
English Bazar result 2016
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nihar Ranjan Ghosh | Independent | 1,07,183 | 51.72% |
| 2 | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | TMC | 67,456 | 32.55% |
| 3 | Suman Banerjee | BJP | 23,171 | 11.18% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 4,336 | 2.09% |
| 4 | Nihar Ghosh | Independent | 2,293 | 1.11% |
| 5 | Nitish Kumar Mandal | BSP | 1,393 | 0.67% |
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| 6 | Shyam Sundar Sharma | SP | 878 | 0.42% |
| 7 | Sadhan Chatterjee | HKRD | 528 | 0.25% |
English Bazar result 2011
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | INC | 89,421 | 51.79% |
| 2 | Samar Roy | CPI(M) | 67,592 | 39.15% |
| 3 | Gobinda Chandra Mandal | BJP | 10,116 | 5.86% |
| 4 | Satish Rajbanshi | Independent | 2,527 | 1.46% |
| 5 | Uma Das | Independent | 1,535 | 0.89% |
| 6 | Nitish Kumar Mandal | BSP | 1,471 | 0.85% |
English Bazar outlined in orange among the other West Bengal seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Maldah district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
English Bazar is one of the assembly segments of Maldaha Dakshin. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Maldaha Dakshin candidates.
- Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury (nirbhaya Didi)BJP1,34,222 59.0%
- Isha Khan ChoudhuryINC51,350 22.6%
- Shahnawaz Ali RaihanTMC35,414 15.6%
- Purnochandra MandalIndependent898 0.4%
- Ahmed Hedatul HasanIndependent735 0.3%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 82,872 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for English Bazar.
Who won the English Bazar assembly seat in 2026?
Amlan Bhaduri (buro) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won English Bazar in the 2026 West Bengal assembly election with 1,54,096 votes, which was 65.70% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in English Bazar?
The margin was 93,784 votes (39.98% of valid votes). The runner-up was Asis Kundu (pata) of the All India Trinamool Congress with 60,312 votes.
What was the voter turnout in English Bazar in 2026?
Turnout was 94.12%: 2,34,967 of 2,49,659 registered electors voted, across 303 polling stations. That is 14.9 points higher than in 2021.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is English Bazar part of?
English Bazar is an assembly segment of the Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury (nirbhaya Didi) got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is English Bazar a reserved constituency?
No. English Bazar is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in English Bazar?
The West Bengal assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the West Bengal assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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